that canadian girl

Having just read David Pogue’s review of iMovie ’08, I think it’s safe to say it doesn’t appeal to me and I won’t be rushing out to get a copy. Going from a somewhat buggy but generally nicely featured video editing application to what sounds like a painfully basic piece of software doesn’t strike me [...]

Today, there were far too many news items on which I wanted to comment, so rather than write five separate posts, I thought I’d merge them into one highly artistic drawing. Nokia admits to battery issue: I’ve blogged about this on Taptology earlier this afternoon, but the gist of it is that Nokia is having [...]

I find it difficult to believe that no one along the line from high manager to the mailroom guy spoke up to suggest offering e-billing earlier to customers. Is it a requirement to be devoid of any common sense to work at AT&T?! I can hear the trees crying for their lost brothers and sisters [...]

Like a stroppy teenager, Scotland is stamping its feet, looking for independence. There are plans and talks of a referendum and need for an open conversation. Oh here we go, it’s bloody Quebec all over again! So let’s open the conversation, then… Scotland: “We want independence!” Rest of GB: “Can you sustain yourself financially?” Scotland: [...]

Last week, I let a bit of steam out about the ridiculous Congestion Charge plans in Cambridge. But, unfortunately for Shona Johnstone, I’m not done with her case. The logic in her radio interview with Andie Harper is like Swiss cheese. First, “I don’t think many people have appointments at Addenbrooke’s before 9:30am”. I’ve only [...]

If you live in the Cambridge area like I do, you’ve probably also had a heated discussion about the congestion charge which could soon come into place across Cambridge. Looking at the Congestion Charge map (Downloadable PDF, source article), it’s like someone gave an idiot a big black Sharpie and told them to go nuts [...]

Nigerian schoolchildren who received laptops from a U.S. aid organisation have used them to explore pornographic sites on the Internet, the official News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported on Thursday. NAN said its reporter had seen pornographic images stored on several of the children’s laptops. Well, what? Did you expect otherwise? [From Reuters, via gapingvoid [...]

Get your wellies, raincoats and a small boat. You’re going to need it tomorrow according to MetCheck. A quick search for Cambridge is forecasting over 60mm of rain tomorrow morning. Thank Dog, I live at the top of a hill!

If I have to read any more iPhone-related news, I’m going to be sick. Getting through my RSS reader feeds today involved catching up with posts going back about three days. And no joke, I think at least 75% of posts were iPhone news. There’s been so much Kool Aid drinking that, as Hugh points [...]

On the eve of the launch of the iPhone in the US, I thought I’d finally come out clean with my views on it. [Yes, I know you're all sick to death of hearing about the iPhone, but bear with me; I've been quiet about it since the day it was announced, and even today, [...]